Paul R Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 Here is my most up to date photo of my ribbon bars! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 How about some close up shots? don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted September 18, 2005 Author Share Posted September 18, 2005 Sorry about that Don,I will try that now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hunter Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 Looks like you're off to a great start! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted September 18, 2005 Author Share Posted September 18, 2005 I can always use more!! Thanks for your complimentsPaul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landsknechte Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 The bar with the 10 and 15 year NSDAP long service devices is a nice, rather uncommon, one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted September 19, 2005 Author Share Posted September 19, 2005 The bar with the 10 and 15 year NSDAP long service devices is a nice, rather uncommon, one. ←Thank you! I like it a lot too... even though the ribbons are out of order Thank you for the compliments!Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 "I can always use more!!" Uh oh! That's how I started... and look what happened! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted September 19, 2005 Author Share Posted September 19, 2005 Speaking of which... I have never seen your collection before, Rick. Please show us yours.PAul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hunter Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 ...alas there ain't enough bandwidth for that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 Mine hasn't fit into one frame in 35 years! I used to have FOUR boxes full of them... am now back "up" to 2 1/2, with revival since coming online in 2001. MOST of the WW2s are gone, so what is left are the ones with WW1 awards.Mostly these get shown by "theme" such as"Hohenzollern House Order recipients known"[attachmentid=11342]"Hohenzollern House Order recipients unknown"[attachmentid=11343]or "NSDAP long services"[attachmentid=11344]or "with Westwall Medal" or whatever comes up as a subjectMy main passion is identifiable bars, or barring that. sets to the same recipient like these two:[attachmentid=11345] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 I assure you, Generals and Admirals are PURELY coincidental to being able to TRACK them down by Rank Lists! Though it IS nice when I can get several sets to one of THEM, too! German Cross in Gold winner Vizeadmiral zS Joachim Lietzmann (1894-1959)[attachmentid=11346]Generalmajor Johannes Hahn (1889-1970)[attachmentid=11347]Generalmajor zV Hugo Kiehl (1884-1944)[attachmentid=11348]Generalstabsarzt Prof Dr med et phil Ernst Koschel (1878-1961)[attachmentid=11349]Sometimes they're not even perfect-- whether Knight's Cross with Oakleaves and Swords and German Cross in Gold winner General der Infanterie Hans von Obstfelder (1886-1976) had his swastika'd devices removed as a POW or twisted off by some flea market twit, I dunno[attachmentid=11350]Generalleutnant Erwin von R?mer (1885-1948)[attachmentid=11351]Vizeadmiral zS Karl Topp (1895-1981) commander of the "Tirpitz" 1941-43[attachmentid=11352] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 But I collect pretty devices too[attachmentid=11354][attachmentid=11355][attachmentid=11356]So beeeeewaaaaaaaare! It's a bottomless pit! (Imperial is much, much "worse" ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hunter Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 (edited) ...and you didn't go anywhere near St. Tammy! and I like the way you just slid right by the sigrunen on the LS ribbon while talking about NSDAP bars. Edited September 20, 2005 by Bob Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landsknechte Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 Thank you! I like it a lot too... even though the ribbons are out of order Thank you for the compliments!Paul←Yipes... That's what happens when I post when I am running low on my sacred caffeine. Didn't even notice that little quirk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 Might have to start collecting bars in my old age It will be here soon More stuff to collect don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted September 20, 2005 Author Share Posted September 20, 2005 I definately need more!!!!! My God, Rick! I would be happy with one ID'ed bar!(for the time being) LOLThose IDed bars... Did you discover who they belonged to or were they known pieces when you bought them?Thank you for sharing them!!!Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 Nope, all anonymous until I found them.Even ("Taaaaammy! Taaaaaaammy! Tammmmmmmy's in love!" theme song playing quietly in background. If you have to ask, you are Too Young. ) these Georgian Tamara bars turned out to be definitively identifiable SOLELY because-- of all things-- of the ADDITION of one and then a second plain blue long service ribbon.[attachmentid=11404]and this guy was only a Reichs Labor Service Lieutenant Colonel...it just comes down to being ABLE to track Imperial officers easier than any other variety.There is, BTW, a FOURTH ribbon bar Out There to this officer:http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=1032...indpost&p=14610and now I am hearing the theme song from the Daniel Day Lewis version of "The Last Of The Mohicans." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted September 20, 2005 Author Share Posted September 20, 2005 While I am happy with what I have, I am kinda bummed that there is no way to trace any of them... How do you come across such great bars? PPPPLLLEEEEAAASSSEEE dont tell me that you find them at yard sales for a dollar!Best regardsPaul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 Wellll, I remember when they averaged $1.50 per ribbon! But THOSE days are gone! Most of my admirals and generals were acquired in the 1980s... Golden Age, that was. The Germans were THROWING this stuff away then... dumb Americans want it, good! Better than paying the trash man to dump it! THOSE days are... almost gone. Now if it is very very good, it is going to cost. But this pair DID come from Lowell this past January (from my 30 years back former high school French teacher-- so you kiddos be nice, because You Never Know!). THOUGHT I had him ID'd but nope. [attachmentid=11433]Still was happy to get a good deal (I was such a good kid ) ... and remain hopeful of an eventual ID.PS See what I mean about Imperial versus Third Reich? Two WW2 ribbon bars to the same guy and only ONE ribbon on one bar is WW2! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted September 22, 2005 Author Share Posted September 22, 2005 That is a beautiful Bar!I generally perfer to collect mixed WW1/WW2 ribbon bars. I love the many variations these combination bars offer.Best regardsPaul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stogieman Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 Paul, beautiful collection of bars! While not fancy, Riker Mounts really display these smaller pieces well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted September 23, 2005 Author Share Posted September 23, 2005 Thanks Rick... Maybe with your help, I will have even more awesome bars! Best regardsPaul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deruelle Posted September 25, 2005 Share Posted September 25, 2005 Hello, I have got 3 ribbon bars with WW1 and WW2 ribbons. The first one belonged to Hauptmann Ritzert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deruelle Posted September 25, 2005 Share Posted September 25, 2005 The reverse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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